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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. Jaccard Jewelry Company Ruins Jaccard Jewelry Company Ruins 1893 View of the ruins at the rear of the Jaccard Jewelry Company building after a fire. Photograph is dated January 13, 1893
2. Kansas City Firemen in Scotland Kansas City Firemen in Scotland 1893 View of 10 identified Kansas City firemen standing/sitting by a model of Chief Hale's water tower. Taken in Glasgow, Scotland.
3. 11th and Grand Avenue 11th and Grand Avenue 1889 Street view with firefighting equipment and firemen. Identified on photograph as 11th and Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, 1889 Chief Engineers Convention. View includes what appears to be Hale's water...
4. Chief Hale's Water Tower Chief Hale's Water Tower Street level view of what is identified as "Chief Hale, first water tower." Device is sitting on the street in front of Keith F. & C. Co. store on Walnut between 8th and 9th Street.
5. 9th Street Theater Ruins 9th Street Theater Ruins 1893 Street level view of the ruins from the 9th Street Theater fire, dated January 18, 1893. Firemen and equipment in view. Theater located at 324 W. 9th Street.
6. Hale's Water Tower In Action Hale's Water Tower In Action n.d. Street level view looking south of Hale's Water Tower in action in front of the Walnut Street Methodist Church, South located on Walnut Street between 8th and 9th. The Federal Custom House and Post Office...
7. Armourdale Fire Armourdale Fire 1895 Ruins of an Armourdale, Kansas City, Kansas fire identified as the Reed Bros. Packing House. Also visible is the Fire Department's water tower. Dated March 24, 1895.
8. Lon Hale Lon Hale n.d. Portrait of Lon Hale in firemen's uniform.
9. Fire Ruins Fire Ruins 1892 Identified on photograph as Peak Bros. Overall Fact[ory] and Rigly Ramsey Printing Co. Remains of fire dated January 17, 1892. Same photograph as I.D. 210718.
10. Rialto Building Rialto Building n.d. Identified on front of photograph as old Rialto Building located at 9th and Grand. Indicates it burned and was 8 degrees below zero.
11. Ninth Street Theater Ninth Street Theater 1893 Identified as the 9th Street Theater after a fire dated January 18, 1893, 3:44 A.M. Appears to have been extensively damaged. According to the 1893 Kansas City city directory, theater was located at 324...
12. Firemen Laying Floor Firemen Laying Floor 1895 Identified as laying of a concrete floor by the members of Headquarters, Kansas City Fire Department.
13. Fire Ruins at Browning, King and Company Fire Ruins at Browning, King and Company 1892 Icy remains from a fire identified as Browning, King and Company and dated January 17, 1892 with the temperature 17 degrees below zero. A newspaper clipping with the photo indicates it was the Deardorff...
14. Hale Zouaves Hale Zouaves ca1880s Group of men and women, identified on the photograph as Hale Z[o]uaves, K..C., Mo. Includes an African American youngster as well as a man in perhaps a Civil War uniform.
15. Baird Building Baird Building 1894 Full street view of the Baird Building located on the southwest corner of 6th and Wyandotte. Taken after a recent fire. According to information written on the photograph, the building burned October 25,...
16. Fire Chief George Hale Fire Chief George Hale 1893 Full body view of Kansas City Fire Chief George Hale shaking hands with Chief Patterson, Glasgow, Scotland. A model of Hale's Water Tower is on the floor beside them.
17. Fire Department Equipment Fire Department Equipment n.d. Fire station interior view of wagon and harness used by the fire department.
18. Fire Scene Fire Scene January 17, 1893 Fire ruins of overall factory, paper box factory and Ramsey Printing Company. Time noted is 12:40 a.m. and 6 below zero. Written on the photographs is "Central bet.." Same as I.D.#210724.
19. John C. Egner John C. Egner n.d. Fire Chief John C. Egner seated behind the wheel of a vehicle.
20. Hale Water Tower Hale Water Tower n.d. Exterior view taken at 19th and Central showing firemen and George Hale's water tower. Probably taken in the 1880s/1890s.